A valuable primary source of information, Police Gazettes provided information and instructions to members of the police force. Issued approximately once a week, you can expect the Tasmanian Police Gazettes to include the following information:

apprehensions

convict returns

disciplining of police

escapees and absconders from custody

housebreakers and burglars

licensed carriers

deserting wives, families, etc

deserting from military service

deserting from merchant vessels

inquests

missing friends

murderers and their victims

police resignations

prisoners discharged from gaols

prisoners released on tickets of leave

property recovered

rewards—names of persons offering a reward

victims of arson

victims of horse and cattle stealing or straying

victims of lost or stolen property

victims of sheep stealing or straying

Far from being just a unique and extremely fascinating resource for local, family and social historians - the Police Gazettes are useful for anyone with an interest in Tasmania in the 1870s. The CD contains all issues that were released during that year.

Example entry taken from the 5 January 1877 issue:

Missing FriendsInformation is requested respecting a woman named Mary Ann Adams, who was transported from Surry, England, about 32 years ago. She subsequently married in this Colony a convict names William Neigheny. Communicate with this Office.

This ebook is a the same as the CD version from Archive Digital Books Australasia which is available from Gould Genealogy & other retailers. This CD contains high quality scanned images of the whole original volume, and has been bookmarked for easy navigation. Pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.